Buckle



May 27 1924.

J. MALTBY BUCKLE Filed Jan. 27. 1923 Patented May 27, 1924.

UNIT-EDT JuLI-UsMAL'r Y, or, master, connnowrcoa', AssIsNon, T0WATERBUBY BUCKLE 00.,103 WATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT, A. ooaronarron.

j BUCKLE-I Application filed J'anuar y 27, 1923." Serial No. 615,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs' MALTBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful-Improvement in Buckles; andI do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection-with'theaccompanying drawings, and thecha'racters of reference marked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part ofthis application,

and represent, ina Fig. 1 a view in front elevation of a buckleconstructed in accordance with any invention, shown as applied to apiece of webbing, v Fig. 2 a view thereof in central vertical section. 1Fig. 3 a detached perspective view of the buckle-frame.

My invention relates to an improvement in two-part, rustless bucklesdesigned for personal wear on' suspenders, hose-supporters and the like,the object beingt o produce, at a low cost for manufacture, a rustlessbuckle of extreme simplicity and conven ience, constructed withparticular reference to securing the fixed end of the webbing to thebuckle-frame by means of prongs positioned thereupon. so as to secure asuperior grip upon the webbing, so as not to weaken or mutilate thebuckle-frame in producing them, so as to effect a marked economy in theamount of webbing used in securing it to the buckle and so as to permitthe prongs to be clinched upon the fixed end of the webbing withoutremoving the buckle-lever. W'ith these ends in view, my inventionconsists in a rustless buckle having its buckle-frame characterized bybeing formed with a plurality of integral prongs which are employed tosecure the fixed end of the webbing in place and by locating thebucklelever in such position with respect to the upper edge of thebuckle-frame and the pron s as to permit the same to be clinched uponthe fixed end of the webbing without removing the lever.

My invention further consists in a rustless buckle having certaindetails of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive I have shown my invention as embodied in arustless buckle of the so-called Feller type, which is organized to holdthe running portion of the webbing by deflecting it from front to rear,in accordance with the principle disclosed in United States Patent No.847,811, granted March 19, 1907, on the application of Morris Peller. I

In carrying out my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings,I produce a horizontal series, or range, of relatively long,equally-spaced, offsetting, forwardlypro ecting, integral prongs orteeth 5 upon the upper edge of a shdet-metal buckleframe 6, provided ateach end with parallel, forwardly-turned flanges 7 terminating at theirupper ends in ears 8 perforated as at 9 for the reception of the pintles10 of a sheet-metal buckle-lever having a serrated gripping edges 11 anda finger-piece 12 standing at an acute angle thereto, as clearly shownin Fig. 2. It will be noted that the ears 8 aforesaid are extendedsufficiently above the upper edge of the frame 6, and hence above theteeth 5, to elevate the gripping-edge 11 of the lever as required toproperly position it to deflect the running portion 13 of the Webbingover, or substantially over, the upper edge of the frame, as shown inFig. 2, and hence against the bend 14: formed in the fixed end of thewebbing by folding the end of the same from rear to front over the upperedge of the buckleframe. The buckle-lever as thus positioned permits theprongs to be clinched upon the fixed end of the webbing without itsremoval, since, when so located, there is suflicient clearance betweenit and the upper edge of the buckle-frame and the prongs for theadmission and operation of the clinching means, whatever form they mayassume, whereas, when the buckle-lever is located in front of thebuckle-frame, so as to hold the running portion of the webbing bypressing it against the back of the frame, the lever must be removed,preparatory to the clinching operation, or the clinching operation mustbe performed before the clinching of the fixed end of the webbing.

For securing the fixed end of the webbing to the buckle-frame, as shown,it is forced over the prongs 5, or they are forced through it, as thecase may be. They are then bent down upon the front face of the said endof the webbing, so as to be embedded therein.

In this manner, the end of the webbing is pinched and imprisoned betweenthe front face of the buckle-frame and the teeth, which latter lie in aplane in front of the plane of the frame, and parallel therewith. Sincethe roots of the prongs, so to speak, are close to the bend 14 of thewebbing, the same is held under conditions which make for the maximum ofsecurity and permanence. This webbing, when thus attached to the frame,is carried down over the back thereof, so as to form the loop 16, afterwhich the running portion 13 of the webbing is passed upward in front ofthe buckleframe and between the gripping-edge 11. of the buckle-leverand the bend l lof the fixed end of the webbing. The installation of thebuckle-lever in the ears of the buckleframe may take place before orafter the application of the fixed end of the webbing to the teeth, asmay be most expedient. Ordinarily, these buckles are supplied to thetrade assembled in readiness to be webbed by the consumer, and this mayeasily be done under my invention, without removing the lever, as hasalready been explained. The prong s may be made as numerous and as longas desired without weakening or mutilating the buckle-frame. By locatingthe prongs upon the upper edge of the frame, as described, the amount ofwebbing required, for effectively attaching the fixed end of the webbingto the buckle-frame in such manner as to cover the back of the buckle torender the buckle rustless, is reduced to the absolute minimum, wherebymy invention secures an important economy, for the reason that althoughthe saving is only the fractional part of an inch in respect to a singlebuckle, in the aggregate it amounts to a considerable factor in themanufacture and sale of articles of personal wear to which such bucklesare applied.

I claim:

In a rustless buckle, the combination with a sheet-metal buckle-frame,of a plurality of forwardly projecting, integral prongs originating uponthe upper edge of the said frame and adapted in length to be passedthrough a. piece of webbing and clinched r down thereupon, forwardlyprojecting ears located at the ends ofthe said frame, and a buckle-leverpivotally' mounted in the said ears in position to deflect the runningportion of the webbing over or substantially over the upper edge of theframe and over the roots of the prongs originating thereupon, aclearance-space between the lever and the roots of the prongs beingprovided to permit the entrance of a clinching-tool for clinching theprongs upon the webbing, without removing the lever.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

7 JULIUS MALTBY.

Witnesses:

JEROME R. LAVIGNE, CHESTER LITTLE.

